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The Gallery:
Adriatic Queen

By

Frederika Randall

Updated Sept. 19, 1997 12:19 a.m. ET

Venice

"Venice From State to Myth," an intriguing show of some 150 paintings at Fondazione Cini until Nov. 30, looks at how the imagery attached to the one-time Adriatic capital has changed over the centuries. Mounted to mark the second centenary of the fall of the Venetian republic, the exhibit runs from the city's medieval past nearly up to its tour-bus present. In many ways the theme couldn't be more timely, as separatist Northern League chief Umberto Bossi casts about for a way to make cosmopolitan Venice the...